Axios, the JavaScript HTTP library with 100M+ weekly downloads, was compromised when attackers stole a maintainer's npm token and published malicious versions containing a remote access trojan. The poisoned packages targeted macOS, Windows and Linux, and were live for three hours before removal. The attack bypassed OIDC and SLSA provenance protections that axios had in place, exploiting a legacy token that npm silently preferred over modern authentication. https://venturebeat.com/security/axios-npm-supply-chain-attack-rat-maintainer-token-2026 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIInfrastructure #VentureBeat
AI is transforming software development. A CTO reports achieving 170% throughput with 80% headcount by adopting AI-first workflows. Instead of writing code, engineers now orchestrate AI agents that generate and test code automatically. QA engineers have evolved into system architects building AI agents for acceptance testing. https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/when-ai-turns-software-development-inside-out-170-throughput-at-80-headcount #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption #VentureBeat
Would you use an AI wearable?

What if the real risk of AI isn’t deepfakes — but daily whispers?

https://venturebeat.com/technology/what-if-the-real-risk-of-ai-isnt-deepfakes-but-daily-whispers

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Sign me up for AI Wearable
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🚨 ALERT: Yet another lab claims they've cooked up a quicker version of #DeepSeek R1-0528, this time from Germany. A 200x speed boost? Sure, and I have a bridge to sell you 🌉. Meanwhile, #VentureBeat can't decide if it's a news site or just a job board. 📈🙄
https://venturebeat.com/ai/holy-smokes-a-new-200-faster-deepseek-r1-0528-variant-appears-from-german-lab-tng-technology-consulting-gmbh/ #SpeedBoost #NewsTech #LabInnovation #HackerNews #ngated
HOLY SMOKES! A new, 200% faster DeepSeek R1-0528 variant appears from German lab TNG Technology Consulting GmbH

This gain is made possible by TNG’s Assembly-of-Experts (AoE) method — a technique for building LLMs by selectively merging the weight tensors

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GamesBeat Spins Out From VentureBeat, Dean Takahashi to Lead Editorial

Former VentureBeat chief strategy officer Gina Joseph is CEO of GamesBeat, leading alongside veteran journalist and editorial director Dean Takahashi.

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What makes this launch particularly notable is the model’s MIT license — making it freely available for commercial use — and early reports that it can run directly on consumer-grade hardware, specifically Apple’s Mac Studio with M3 Ultra chip.

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DeepSeek-V3 now runs at 20 tokens per second on Mac Studio, and that’s a nightmare for OpenAI

DeepSeek's free 685B-parameter AI model runs at 20 tokens/second on Apple's Mac Studio, outperforming Claude Sonnet while using just 200 watts, challenging OpenAI's cloud-dependent business model.

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